All about that boo-tay by lunchbox914

Format: Commander

Commander: Edward Kenway

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Grixis deck leverages tribal synergies between Assassins, Pirates, and Vehicles under Edward Kenway. Early turns focus on deploying low-cost, evasive Pirates such as Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Francisco, Fowl Marauder, and Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator alongside versatile Vehicles like Adrestia and Cultivator's Caravan. Once Edward Kenway enters the battlefield on turn 4, tapping these creatures in combat generates substantial Treasure stockpiles on your end step. The deck converts this mana surplus into massive card advantage by exiling and casting cards from opponents' libraries through Vehicle combat triggers and secondary engines like Breeches, Brazen Plunderer. The mid-to-late game applies aggressive pressure with heavy hitters such as The Indomitable and Damocles Base, Sword of Kang, while Admiral Beckett Brass and Coercive Recruiter steal opposing permanents. Mass recursion spells like Back in Town ensure rapid recovery from sweepers, closing the game around turn 8 via overwhelming combat damage or an alternate Revel in Riches victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
  • 1 Adrestia
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Amphin Mutineer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Back in Town
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider
  • 1 Captain Vargus Wrath
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crashing Wave
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Cutthroat Negotiator
  • 1 Damocles Base, Sword of Kang
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dependable Quinjet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Edward Kenway
  • 1 Fearless Swashbuckler
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Jackdaw
  • 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 March of the Drowned
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 1 Mindlink Mech
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Possession Engine
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Waterbending
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sky Cycle
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Staunch Crewmate
  • 1 Strixhaven Skycoach
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 The Belligerent
  • 1 The Fire Nation Drill
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Unbury
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Waterbender Ascension
  • 1 We Say Thee Nay!